The Lord answered and said to his people 'Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine and oil, and you will be satisfied' Joel 2v19a (ESV)

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

The beginning..........

This blog is being written to record a journey. My wife and I, along with our two girls are embarking on a trip, and although we don't yet know where we are going, or, indeed, exactly when, we do know that we are going. This blog will chart this journey of discovery. I will soon write a record of how we came to know we were going on this journey.

The reason for this journey is straightforward - we believe we are being called to serve God overseas. In writing this blog, I want to produce a record of the wondrous provision of God to my family, as we seek to do his will. The title of the blog is taken from a book in the Old Testament which is concerned with how early Jews coped in the face of a locust swarm which devoured crops and left the nation literally with nothing. God declares that to the people who call on His name in spite of the disaster that has faced them that he will provide grain, wine and oil and they will be satisfied. Now we haven't faced a locust swarm (not yet, anyway......!!), but we all believe that God will give us everything we need as we embark on this journey, and that we will be thoroughly satisfied by his provision.

God provides in many ways, and we, as a family, can already testify in many different ways to this provision. In Ephesians, Paul writes that 'in the coming ages, [God] might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness to us in Christ Jesus' (Ephesians 2v7, ESV). Well, we are in 'the coming ages', and we worship a God who loves to give, and we worship a God who is creative in his giving, and we worship a God whose giving is inexhaustible. And when he gives, his children are satisfied - that is our experience so far, and this blog will record how this continues to be true!

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I am an evangelical Christian, who currently worships at North Cheam Baptist Church. My wife and I have two daughters, and so I get to spend increasingly longer periods of time waiting to get into the bathroom. This is only going to get worse!! I am currently working towards a theology degree through Spurgeon's college, which is strengthening and deepening my knowledge of God and the Bible. In addition to all this, I am starting to flex my creative muscle, and am attending an acting class and a story-telling collective at a local Christian arts centre
At church, I am a small group leader, which I not only enjoy, but feel that God is really blessing both the ministry and the group. I also occasionally preach, both at my church, and a church local to where I live.